Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 529

The Stolen
Western Academy of Beijing , Putic , Constantin – 10

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t was a cold rainy day on a Saturday morning . The air was grey and thick .
Tenzin was one of the billion people living on earth in the 2040 . His life was normal and he was an average person living in Delhi . One month ago he turned 30 . He was sitting in his armchair and thought about his life and realised it was a little boring . He wanted to relax in the sun and Hawaii was the right place to be . Tenzin grabbed all the stuff that he needed : summer cloth , hover board for surfing , tent , jet pack and a toilet bag . At that time it was normal to travel with a teleporter .
He typed the Coordinates of Hawaii and the teleporter beamed him away . Instead of the coordinates 121.4737 ° N , 31.2304 ° W ; he put the coordinates 31.2304 ° N , 121.4737 ° E in . Being pretty sure he was not in Hawaii Tenzin said : ,, For goodness sake , where am I ?’’ He wondered where his teleporter was . So he thought that if he can ’ t teleport back then he will explore the area . He found a sign at the start of a road . It said : " Fangbin road ". There were a lot of shops and restaurants . Mostly red tiles with curls and curves and fitted with checkered windows . On another sign with red letters it said : ,, 上海最佳酒店 ’’.
He couldn ’ t read the sign , but he had an idea to use his translator that still was in his pocket . Tenzin took a photo , the translation was ,, shanghai ’ s best restaurant ’’. He finally knew where he was , he was in Shanghai , but what year was he in ? He continued walking around and saw lots of posters hanging around the place . A very big posters said :
———————————————————————————— THE STOLEN DIAMONDS 1,000 YUAN FOR THE PERSON THAT CATCHES THE ROBBER call 12384349874 SINCERELY POLICE 1920.10.23 ——————————————————
He thought for a while and had an amazing brainwave . Why shouldn ' t he catch the robber . It will be an amazing adventure .
Fast he put one of the posters in his pocket . Suddenly he felt very tired . He should find shelter for the night . After a 15 minute walk he found a garden . With gold letters it said ‘ Yuyuan Garden ’. He build up his tent . He fell asleep immediately .
The next day he directly went to the bank that was robbed . He tried to look for finger prints but he found more than a thousand . This didn ' t help . After he asked the woman that stood behind the counter . She explained the man : ,, His face was white , big nose with a small beard and two blue eyes and he threatened her with a gun ." When Tenzin heard he had a gun he was a little scared .
He went back to his tent and started thinking . The robber took the chance and went on strike again . This time he robbed the second big bank . The whole city was in panic . Tenzin thought , oh so this is how he want ’ s to play his game , all right . Tenzin was sure that the robber would go on strike today . He searched up the third big bank and located it .